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Erode Fort

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Erode Fort
Part of Tamil Nadu
Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Erode Fort is located in Tamil Nadu
Erode Fort
Erode Fort
Coordinates11°21′N 77°44′E / 11.35°N 77.73°E / 11.35; 77.73
TypeForts
Site information
Controlled byGovernment of Tamil Nadu
ConditionRuins

Erode Fort was a fort in Erode, India. Francis Buchanan described it in 1800 as being

... a large mud fort, occupied by a battalion of Sepoys, which, in this part of the country, now procures a ready supply of recruits... In the government of [Hyder Ali] the suburb contained about 3000 houses. [Tipu Sultan’s] government had reduced them one third part, and the whole was entirely destroyed during the invasion of General Meadows.

This Fort was built by the then Chieftain of Erode region, King Chandramathi Mudaliar.

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References

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  1. ^ "Erode Fort". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 18 January 2009. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012.